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Digital Audio Production AAS

Purpose

The Digital Audio Production A.A.S. curriculum is designed for students planning to obtain a two-year degree in Digital Audio Production. Graduates will be able to obtain entry-level positions as a sound technician, audio engineer, recording studio technician, game audio designer, sound engineer for animation and film, audio producer, sound design artist, digital audio editor, production manager, production assistant, theater sound designer, and multimedia developer. The A.A.S. curriculum offers a comprehensive background and digital audio production expertise comparable to the first two years at a media conservatory.

Program Objectives

A graduate should be able to:

  • apply a basic knowledge of the recording industry, communication and audio history and theory to practical use.
  • use professional sound recording techniques and tools to record, engineer and edit music as well as conceive, plan, write, record, produce and edit audio pieces, projects, packages, programs, and stories.
  • tell, write, record, engineer and otherwise present a story using professional digital audio production and recording industry techniques and equipment.
  • apply practical knowledge of terminology, process, procedures, and use of current technology to enter entry-level employment in the recording industry and digital audio field.

Curriculum

First Semester

COM 100 Mass Media and Society 2
COM 160 Media Literacy Workshop 1
THA 114 Introduction to Theatre 3
ENG 101 English Composition I 3
Elective Core Goal 6: Intellectual Heritage and
Core Goal 9: Behavioral and Social Sciences		 3
SPC 110 or 120
(15 Credit Hours)		 Speech Requirement 3

Second Semester

COM 101 Survey of Mass Media Industries in U.S. 2
COM 161 Media Industries Workshop 1
COM 104 Introduction to Audio Equipment 2
COM 164 Aural Experience Workshop 1
COM 153 or 159 Workshop Elective 1
Elective Core Goal 8: Physical and Life Sciences 4
Elective Core Goal 3: Quantitative Skills 3
Elective
(16 Credit Hours)		 Core Goal 10: Exercise and Health Sciences 2

Third Semester

Discipline History COM 213, 214, MUS 112, 113, 114, or 210 3
MUS 120 Music Fundamentals 3
COM 200 Ethics, Responsibility, Mass Media, Law 3
COM 120 and 121 Introduction to Scriptwriting and Workshop 2, 1
OR
COM 123 and 124 Intro to Writing for Broadcast News and Workshop 2, 1
COM 250 and 251 Introduction to Audio Production and Workshop 2, 1
COM 253 or 259
(16 Credit Hours)		 Workshop Elective 1

Fourth Semester

COM 230 The Movies: Meanings and Methods 3
COM 208 Introduction to Media Operations 2
COM 209 Media Operations Workshop 1
COM 256 Audio Production 2
COM 257 Digital Sound Production Workshop 1
COM 235 Current Issues in Mass Media 3
COM 290 Communication Capstone 1
Elective
(16 Credit Hours)		 ANT 104,GEO 130, POL 101, or SOC 101 3

TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS CREDIT: 63

Academic Advising

Professional academic advisors are available to assist you with your academic advising needs. Advising services are available for all full-time and part-time students. Email advising@mc3.edu

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